Childbirth Preparation Classes
| These classes cover all aspects of the labor, delivery, and postpartum experience. We offer both a series of four weekly classes, offered on either Mondays or Thursdays, or an all-day Saturday class.
Classes include a tour of the hospital, relaxation and massage techniques, breathing techniques and comfort measures as well as what can be expected from the process of labor and from hospital treatments and services.
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Here is the basic outline of the classes:
- Class One
Introduction
The Role of Support Persons
Imagery, Breathing Techniques
Progressive Relaxation
Physical Changes during Pregnancy
When to Come to the Hospital
Massage Techniques
Labor Anatomy, Terms and Definitions
Gate Control Theory
Fetal Monitoring
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- Class Two
Birth Film
Stages of Labor
Hospital Admission
Mechanisms of Labor
Pushing and Delivery
Newborn Characteristics at Birth
Recovery
Progressive Relaxation
Autogenic Stress Release
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- Class Three
Labor Variations
Pain Management in Labor
Epidural Film
Cesarean Birth
Unexpected Outcomes
Progressive Relaxation
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- Class Four
Your Birth Setting – the Hospital Tour
Stations of Labor – Practice of labor coping skills
Postpartum in the Hospital
Postpartum Film
Postpartum at Home
Sex After Childbirth
Progressive Relaxation
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